Maya Rendering for After Effects Composites

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Course Summary

Discover how to create render passes in Maya, recombine the passes in After Effects, and motion track the passes to live-action video footage that contains a moving camera or a moving character.

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Course Description

In this course, professional animator and director Lee Lanier shows how to create render passes in Autodesk Maya, recombine the passes in Adobe After Effects, and motion track the passes to live-action video footage that contains a moving camera or a moving character. The course covers both the Render Layer Editor and mental ray contribution pass systems. Additionally, 1- and 2-point motion tracking and match moving, stabilization, and 4-point corner pin tracking are discussed.

Topics include:

Working with image sequences

Matching the 3D camera to video footage

Lighting models in Maya

Splitting a scene into multiple render passes

Batch rendering

Recombining render passes in an After Effects composition

Setting up motion trackers

Refining layers with rotoscoping

Adding blur and effects

Adjusting shadows and matte edges

Using color correction

Stabilizing shaky video

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Course Description

In this course, professional animator and director Lee Lanier shows how to create render passes in Autodesk Maya, recombine the passes in Adobe After Effects, and motion track the passes to live-action video footage that contains a moving camera or a moving character. The course covers both the Render Layer Editor and mental ray contribution pass systems. Additionally, 1- and 2-point motion tracking and match moving, stabilization, and 4-point corner pin tracking are discussed.